This is an analysis of the poem I Want My Heart Affected that begins with:

I want a love that fits a difference and appears...
Clear these days....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAB aAB cDceefF AAB DEfF EEGHEEGH DEEEGH deEEGHXEHDHEHDe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,7,3,4,8,6,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110100101 111 101001 1111010100101 111 101001 1 110101 1 1111010 111010 100101 110110110001 1101110100101 111 101001 110101 11111010 111010100101 110110110001 1110011 1001101 01100 101 1110011 1001101 01100 101 110101 11111010 1110011 1001101 01100 101 1110101 01111010 1110011 1001101 01100 101 1111010 1111101 110111 1111101 1111010 1111101 110111 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, it, want, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words way, time at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of I Want My Heart Affected;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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